Years to VictoryMcKay, 1973 - 507 Seiten "Beginning with 'the loneliest man in the world,' General Dwight D. Eisenhower, making his decision to proceed with Operation Overlord, Years to Victory recounts the last years of World War II from the Allied landings in Normandy on June 6, 1944, to the utter defeat and unconditional surrender of Germany and Japan. As the dignitaries assembled on the deck of the United States battleship Missouri in Tokyo Bay on the morning of September 2, 1945, the Axis had been totally destroyed."--Book Jacket. |
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... knew Montgomery's reputation , and he had more respect for seasoned British troops than he had for the untried ... knew , and he believed it wholeheartedly , Patton's imaginary U.S. First Army Group was still pointed at the Pas de Calais ...
... knew Montgomery's reputation , and he had more respect for seasoned British troops than he had for the untried ... knew , and he believed it wholeheartedly , Patton's imaginary U.S. First Army Group was still pointed at the Pas de Calais ...
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... knew that Nishimura's force had been destroyed , and he had heard nothing from Ozawa because of a faulty radio transmitter in Zuikaku , the latter's flagship . He knew that if he stayed very long , immensely powerful forces would close ...
... knew that Nishimura's force had been destroyed , and he had heard nothing from Ozawa because of a faulty radio transmitter in Zuikaku , the latter's flagship . He knew that if he stayed very long , immensely powerful forces would close ...
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... knew nothing of what had gone on at Yalta . He knew nothing of the war plans against Germany and against Japan . He knew nothing of the myriads of details which Roosevelt kept at his fingertips . There was one secret he had to know ...
... knew nothing of what had gone on at Yalta . He knew nothing of the war plans against Germany and against Japan . He knew nothing of the myriads of details which Roosevelt kept at his fingertips . There was one secret he had to know ...
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Normandy to Notre Dame | 1 |
New Guinea and the Marianas | 57 |
Victory Is Everywhere | 109 |
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| Titel | Years to Victory |
| Autor/in | Henry Hitch Adams |
| Ausgabe | illustriert |
| Verlag | McKay, 1973 |
| Original von | University of Michigan |
| Digitalisiert | 21. Nov. 2006 |
| ISBN | 0679140077, 9780679140078 |
| Länge | 507 Seiten |
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